Wait, Leon Kennedy is in Resident Evil: Requiem? Yeah, okay, we have identified that for a bit now, maybe longer than Capcom needed us too. However what is information at present is that the long-rumored Leon S. Kennedy amiibo is actual, and coming alongside the beforehand introduced Grace Ashcroft amiibo this summer season.
This was introduced throughout at present’s Nintendo Companion Direct, which confirmed a trailer for Reqiuem principally containing footage and information we have seen already. We knew about the February 27 launch date, the Gold Editions of Resident Evils 7 and 8 releasing alongside it, and the particular Nintendo Swap 2 Professional Controller. We would additionally already heard about the Grace Ashcroft amiibo earlier than.
However we did not truly learn about Leon. He was, uh, strongly suspected, even earlier than we formally knew he was going to be in the sport, one thing Capcom tried to maintain hidden method longer than was obligatory. Since his officialy reveal at The Recreation Awards, we have seen a sudden surge of affection for the basic protagonist, with followers referring to him as a “Sizzling Uncle” and evaluating him to Keanu Reaves. He is set to be getting a roughly equal quantity of screentime to fellow protagonist Grace, so it solely is sensible they’d each get amiibos.
We have seen lots of Reqiuem on a number of platforms in the lead-up to its February launch. Most not too long ago, we previewed it on the Nintendo Swap 2 at a Nintendo occasion, and our previewer mentioned that “I used to be so terrified by being relentlessly stalked by this monster that any considerations I had about the model I used to be enjoying immediately melted away.” We additionally not too long ago discovered that hypothesis the sport could be open world was “useless mistaken” based on the sport’s direct.
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Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Acquired a narrative tip? Ship it to rvalentine@ign.com.